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Old 12-20-2009, 10:58 PM
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It is hard for one knife to do all things well.
Like; skinning small and large fur and meat game, taking out the bones.
Hunting knives are usually to thick in the blade for a butcher to use.
I am guessing Jim Bowie needed a thick blade that would not break for fighting and maybe hunters need the thick blade to fight bears.
I like a high carbon steel blade like butchers use. The one I carry hunting has to be long and big enough to bleed and skin the animal I am hunting.

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Old 12-20-2009, 11:10 PM
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My animals are typically the shot in the lungs so there is no need to bleed them- they are already bled out when i get to them.
Butcher knives are not all long, a boning knife like most hunters use is shorter and stiff.
I have found over the years that a blade of about 4" is all that is needed for field dressing, which is what a hunting knife is all about anyway.

The butchering part comes after, but I can still use the same knife for most of the cuts i need to make because I like to chunk my meat into roasts with the bone out then freeze it, and ,make steaks afterwards, so the shorter knife works well for that.
However,n the kitchen when I make steaks or cut a roast I use a carving knife.
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Old 12-21-2009, 12:13 AM
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Folding Kershaw that I received from my father on my 16th birthday. 1985

Gutted 3 deer this year with it. Was dull at the end though.
I got one of those for Christmas and A Cold Steel RECON 1 . IT made quick work on the boxes I had to open today as we celebrated our Christmas early . Should be a Damn good knife .
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Old 12-22-2009, 01:57 PM
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It's pretty sad that i own almost all the knives talked about on the thread, right now may fave is the Falkniven F1 & Cutco for skinning.
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Old 12-22-2009, 02:26 PM
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I have a cutco hunting knife and would buy another one. I like the orange handle... haven't lost this one yet!!!

I also have a Grohman #2 which is a nice knife for what I paid.
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